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Porter Sheehan Clarkson

Ryan Mccarthy

Conan VDF

Doris

JGP Harry

Osborne Ringrose

Lowe TOB

Keenan

Kelleher Mccarthy Furlong Mangan Penny McGrath Frawley Ioane

Think this is the best team. Lowe comes back in, was never a doubt in my mind. Ioane been decent but no chance he starts ahead of Lowe in a Leinster shirt. Henshaw misses out but don’t think it’s that’s harsh. Osborne just gives us far more in attack than Henshaw. If we go into this game with a defensive mindset rather than one to attack the game we will lose, and possibly comfortably.

Paddy Mccarthy back off the bench for the final 20 minutes would be massive, just needs to come on and start bursting lads on both sides of the ball. I think Clarkson deserves to start ahead of Furlong but I also think it’s important you have some experience coming off the bench also which Furlong gives.

Mangan and TOB are hopefully fit. Mangan and Penny on form deserve to be there. Cullen needs to trust them to come on and add impact, he has an awful awful habit of not trusting players to come on and impact finals, like Frawley getting 0 minutes in both those finals in 2022 and 2023.

If we can get a bench like that would be first time in a while we have had such a strong bench to come on

Really, really needs to step up today and deliver. I actually stuck up for him at the start and when he first signed but I’ve been so underwhelmed and disappointed by what was the most exciting winger in the world back in 2017 and now he’s in his prime years.

Luckily enough for him he still has a chance to put his name in Leinster folklore if he can step up and help win us a fifth star. We badly need some X factor from him today and with summer rugby now there’s no excuses.